B05B 13/00
Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces
Official title: Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00 (means for supplying or discharging liquid or other fluent material for this purpose, see the relevant one of groups B05B1/00 - B05B12/00; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05D)
B05B13/00 (Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces) appears on 4,276 US grants and 4,297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 4,276
- Published applications
- 4,297
- Assignees
- 2,138
- Inventors
- 8,949
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 46 | 0 |
| 1977 | 58 | 0 |
| 1978 | 56 | 0 |
| 1979 | 32 | 0 |
| 1980 | 46 | 0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 0 |
| 1982 | 36 | 0 |
| 1983 | 41 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 29 | 0 |
| 1987 | 45 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 0 |
| 1989 | 46 | 0 |
| 1990 | 38 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 62 | 0 |
| 1993 | 56 | 0 |
| 1994 | 64 | 0 |
| 1995 | 49 | 0 |
| 1996 | 42 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 52 | 0 |
| 1999 | 62 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 21 |
| 2002 | 59 | 52 |
| 2003 | 64 | 66 |
| 2004 | 63 | 94 |
| 2005 | 45 | 87 |
| 2006 | 47 | 93 |
| 2007 | 27 | 85 |
| 2008 | 43 | 96 |
| 2009 | 45 | 99 |
| 2010 | 63 | 126 |
| 2011 | 75 | 95 |
| 2012 | 76 | 155 |
| 2013 | 111 | 141 |
| 2014 | 94 | 172 |
| 2015 | 110 | 180 |
| 2016 | 130 | 221 |
| 2017 | 188 | 237 |
| 2018 | 182 | 300 |
| 2019 | 213 | 296 |
| 2020 | 232 | 290 |
| 2021 | 202 | 274 |
| 2022 | 232 | 297 |
| 2023 | 218 | 276 |
| 2024 | 243 | 228 |
| 2025 | 196 | 201 |
| 2026 | 124 | 115 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pest abatement device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,917 B2
- Dynamic generation of experimental treatment plans29 Sep 2026US 12,745,688 B2Deere & Company
- Liquid jet device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,562 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Robotic spray head and control system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,292 B2Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
- Method for interactively providing waypoints to a mobile robot for use in the marking of a geometric figure on a ground surface22 Sep 2026US 12,743,104 B2TinyMobileRobots ApS
- Cleaning device and method for cleaning wastewater holding tanks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307118 A1Williams Company Enterprises, LLC
- Systems and methods for handling fluid for application to agricultural fields1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293796 A1Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.
- Nozzle gasket and nozzle structure for purge load port1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295606 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Spraying system and construction method for improving bond force between vegetation substrate and slope surface1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295619 A1China Three Gorges University
- Spraying module and self-propelled autonomous marking robot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295621 A1Turf Tank ApS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light-weight program controller1,078US 4,239,431 ABasfer S.R.L. · 1980
- Method of applying drug-release coatings584US 5,980,972 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1999
- Coating medical devices using air suspension458US 6,368,658 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Fibrinogen dispensing kit334US 4,902,281 ACorus Medical Corporation · 1990
- Stent mounting assembly and a method of using the same to coat a stent294US 6,565,659 B1Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 2003